Ultimately the common lawyers came to the doctrine that while the divorce a vinculo matrimonii did, the divorce a mensa et toro did not deprive the widow of dower, even though she was the guilty person.
In this negation of a right to divorce a vinculo matrimonii lies the broad difference between the doctrines of the Eastern and Western Churches of Christendom.
At the present day it has become, with regard to divorce a vinculo matrimonii, a rule of greater and of more far-reaching importance.
The canon law of Rome was based on two main principles: (1) That there could be no divorce a vinculo matrimonii, but only a mensa et thoro.
A husband could obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii for adultery, but the wife had no such power unless the husband had brought his mistress to the home.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vinculo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
